Hundreds more picketed in front of the New York Post office today, protesting a controversial cartoon published in yesterday's newspaper.

The political cartoon published yesterday on Page Six depicts a chimpanzee shot dead with a police office saying, "We'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

The drawing comes days after a crazed chimpanzee was shot to death in Connecticut.

But critics argue the cartoon implies that President Barack Obama is a monkey, calling it a tasteless stereotype.

About 200 people attended today's protest outside the News Corp. building, the Associated Press reports.

Protesters are calling on the paper to apologize, and want it to fire the cartoonist, Sean Delonas, and the editor who approved it.

"It's clear that you are out of touch with this entire country," said State Senator Eric Adams. "Americans went to the polls to elect a man of honor from its country, not a monkey, not a chimpanzee. This is not funny. This is not a cartoon. This is disgusting."

"It's just not very funny," said one New Yorker. "And I could see how people would think it's in poor taste, not a very good job. I guess I don't get it. In light of everything going on in the world today, it seems gratuitous. I guess I don't find it particularly amusing. I think it has undertones of being racist, so I don't know if it's blatant. And I think sometimes subtlety is worse than being blatant."

In a statement, the Post says, "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist"

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed the controversy while aboard Air Force One.

"I have not seen the cartoon, but I don't think it's altogether newsworthy that I don't spend a lot of time reading the New York Post," said Gibbs.

Reverend Al Sharpton said the protests will continue on Friday.